Frostpunk gameplay trailer leaves us hopeful

This has been an absolutely outstanding year for video games. I already have dozens of games that I don’t have time to play and yet it seems like every day there’s a new trailer for something that needs to be played that I probably won’t get around to.

One of those games is Frostpunk. From the people who made This War of Mine, it’s a total shift from the gritty and grim ‘civilians caught in a warzone simulator’. I kid. Frostpunk is something of a combination between Civilization and Snowpiercer and it’s just as miserable as their last game. Miserable in tone, you understand. This War of Mine was a really rather good game, which is why hopes are high for Frostpunk.

In Frostpunk you’re in charge of a town that needs to survive in harsh conditions and as a result, you have to make harsh decisions. Decisions like “Are we cool with eating dead bodies?” and “How about we enforce child labour?”

Takeaways:

Frostpunk is being developed by 11 Bit Studios – the team that made This War of Mine.

It’s billed as a City Building Survival Game’ on their Steam page.

The tone looks to be as desperate as ever. Surviving the tough landscape will mean making tough decisions.

No release date has been announced. We’re still hoping for sometime in 2017 and it’s looking like a PC-only launch.

I’m a big fan of the Civilization series, which Frostpunk gives me the impression of. I also loved This War of Mine’s aesthetic and mood-setting, so I’m hoping these two things combine to make a truly great experience. More to come!